St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-08-18
The English Tories Forced to Stand or
Fall Without ANY Extraneous
Assistance,
as About ALI the Liberal Unionists Left
Are Those Still Remaining in
Parliament.
jim Blaine Dodging About London, and
Trying to Keep From Commit
ting Himself.
The Report Of Stanley's Death Generally
observation-disclosures Extortion-
ists---Foreign Notes.
BY Cable to the Globe.


and persistent demands of the Tory
press that Lord Harrington shall join
the ministry have been taken up by the
rank and file of the Conservative party
and must ultimately have the effect Of
persuading the Unionist leader to ac-
cept Office, however little his connection
with the government may benefit either
himself. his colleagues or his Tory allies
at this momentous stage of the govern
ment career. In response to the deluge
of appeals that has been ShOwered upon
Lord Harrington to hasten to the rescue
of the Salisbury cabinet, the Union
ist chief is credited with asking:
"What is the use of a coalition
ministry when there are no longer any
UnioniSts in the country?" and it must
be admitted that his question is very
pertinent one. Probably four-ffthS of
Lord HartingtOn's followers in the
house OF commons are serving their last
parliamentary term, and the recent
elections indicate that even the noble
marquis himself will have a hard time
getting sufficient number of votes to
return to his seat by the time the inev-
liable dissolution is precipitated. In this
state of affairs it would be farcical to
assume that the induction of one or two,
or indeed any number of UniOniStS into
the cabinet would strengthen it in the
slightest degree, and it would seem to
be the most honorable course by far for
Lord Salisbury to marshal his COnServa-
tive forces around him and stand or
fall, as fate DEGREES, at the head of an
unadulterated Tory government. leav-
ing Lord Harrington and his adherentS
to take care of themselves, as they set
out to do in the beginning.
BLAINE'S TRIP.
I James G. Blaine was in London
ON Sunday. He is said to have told
friend that he was on the eve of making
short tour of the continent and his
movements since his departure have
been kept so completely in the dark
that the statement may have been made
! for the purpose of throwing news hunt
ers off the scent, and may not have
{ been made at all. At all events it is
unlikely that any fuller information as
to the American StateSman'S itinerary
will be given to the public while he re-
mains in England, since his experience
Z in Ireland has taught him the value of
secretiveneSS and SecluSiOn. AbSo-
lutely nothing definite can be learned
of his intentions through the ordinary
process of interviewing and as adnatter
of fact the gentleman has become al
most as inaccessible as the queen her.
self.
THE STANLEY STORY.
The report of the massacre of Henry
M. Stanley came from an excellent
source, but it is suspected that the story
is an echo of the statement telegraphed
from st. Thomas few weeks ago, and
is generally diScredited. Indeed, not
half as much confidence is given to this
report as was bestowed upon the previ-
Gus one, and the popular prediction is
that subsequent information will dis
close the fact that the African explorer
is alive and well.
FIGHTING EXTORTIONISTS.
Ion PerdicariS, the American resident
of Tangier who was imprisoned by
United States Consul Matthews in Sep
tember, 1886, upon charge of Obstruct-
ing and resisting American and Moor
iSh officials in their attempt to arrest
Moor for eXtOrtiOn, is in London. Since
his release Mr.. Perdicaris has rendered
valuable assistance in suppreSSing the
practice, at one time widely prevalent,
in Morocco, of eXtOrting money from
natives through the aid of foreign con-
chaperone Mr.. Lewis, the American
consul who succeeded Mr.. Matthews at
Tangier, and to whom Mr.. Perdicaris
owes his subsequent immunity from
Wole station att the hands of Moorish
officials. 1t was through charges brought
by Mr.. Perdicaris, eliminating in his
arrest, that Mr.. Matthews was sus-
pended. 1t is said that Mr.. Lewis while
here will confer with Minister Phelps
and ask his advice in regard to certain
matters growing out of the PerdicariS
case in Morocco as yet unsettled.
WANTS COMPENSATION.
The lady arrested at Cowes last week
on suspicion of having dynamite in her
possession expects to receive cOmpensa-
ton from the government for her
groundless arrest, and will, it is under
stood, bring suit against the officials
who took her into custody as represen-
tatives of the government to recover
damages if the matter is not voluntarily
and satisfactorily settled.